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Mark Attanasio and Jean-Marc Chapus, founders and directors of the funding group Crescent Capital, who’ve an curiosity in SAD within the pink

The co-founders and directors of the funding group Crescent Capital, Mark Attanasio and Jean-Marc Chapus, are negotiating with a non-public investor to purchase 25 % of SAD from Benfica, stated the North American publication Sportico yesterday, particularly in sports activities and finance, which tried, with out success, to reply from the 2 businessmen and the Sociedade Anónima Desportiva of the Reds. Sportico evaluates the Benfica at 620 million euros.

Mark Attanasio is the proprietor of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball crew, which he acquired in 2005 for $223 million and is now valued at $1.6 billion (about €1.5 billion), and he owns 40.4 per cent of the share capital of Norwich, from the Championship, English second sequence.

Within the bond subject preview, in April, SAD disclosed the approved holdings, indicating the variety of shares and corresponding share of voting rights: SL Benfica40%; Benfica SGPD, 23.65%; Rui Costa, 0.04%; Luís Filipe Vieira, 3.28%; José António dos Santos, 13.67%; Valoruro Group, 2.71%. The entire in consequence Benfica was 66.98 %, and the whole quantity given to Grupo Valouro shareholders was 16.38 %.